Reviews from Japan

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
A Bride For Rip Van Winkle (2016)	Maybe marriage isn't for some people	2021-04-02	Simon
A Scene At The Sea (1991)	A quieter, more contemplative Kitano film	2021-01-17	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon
Avalon (2001)	Unique aesthetic experience	2002-03-17	Simon
Balloon Club, Afterwards (2006)	The limitless potential of youth	2021-02-08	Simon
Before We Vanish (2017)	Interesting concept but rather sterile execution	2021-03-06	Simon
Big Bang Love: Juvenile A (2006)	Enigmatic and thought provoking, but is it art?	2021-06-01	Simon
Bird People Of China (1997)	Not necessarily a must-see movie, but undoubtedly worth seeing.	2003-02-01	Simon
Bitter Honey (2016)	A very literary film	2022-06-15	Simon
Blue Spring (2001)	Beautiful	2002-03-17	Simon
Boiling Point (1990)	Stylish and whimsical	2020-07-24	Simon
Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)	Absurd and poetic	2022-06-07	Simon
Eureka (2000)	Too long	2002-07-21	Simon
Face (Kao) (2000)	fascinating and unpredictable	2006-09-28	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Female Prisoner 701: Scorpion (1972)	A genuine classic	2021-06-19	Simon
Fish Story (2009)	Can music save the world?	2013-05-03	Simon
Funky Forest - The First Contact (2005)	Maybe the strangest film I've seen	2006-02-09	Simon
Getting Any? (1994)	Enjoyable piece of total lunacy from a master	2003-04-19	Simon
Go, Go Second Time Virgin (1969)	Amazingly bleak film, and quite shocking to watch	2001-11-26	Simon
God's Puzzle (2008)	Miike takes on the universe	2015-01-25	Simon
Gojoe (2000)	Beautiful	2003-08-23	Simon
Gozu (2003)	Wonderful creativity	2004-06-05	Simon
Guilty of Romance (2011)	With women nothing is impossible	2020-09-22	Simon
Hana and Alice (2004)	...read review...	2020-08-11	Simon
Hana-Bi (1997)	Close to cinematic perfection	2021-08-10	Simon
Hanagatami (2017)	If war is worth dying for, so is a festival	2021-05-14	Simon
Hanging Garden (2005)	Complex and rich, defying easy description or summary	2006-02-09	Simon
Happiness (2016)	Happiness is just sadness you haven't reached yet	2021-08-22	Simon
Hausu (1977)	Off the wall	2020-07-19	Simon